Chargers GM Joe Hortiz on Keenan Allen trade and why flexibility is a priority

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The Chargers' approach to moving or reducing their big four salaries was all about ensuring flexibility this season and in the future.

COSTA MESA, Calif. — General manager Joe Hortiz met with local writers Thursday to discuss the roster reconstruction over the first week-plus of free agency. The Chargers, of course, moved on from their two star receivers last week. The team cut Mike Williams, who later signed with the . They also to the for a fourth-round pick. Allen had spent the past 11 seasons with the Chargers, from San Diego to Los Angeles.

When he and Harbaugh first took their jobs in the first week of February, their first order of business was “completing the coaching staff,” Hortiz said. “So we were able to do that, and then once we kind of assessed what they wanted, who fits, what type of players beyond our roster that they’d be interested in, you start having discussions with the players,” Hortiz said.

 

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